WEBVTT
KRIS: TONIGHT, A YOUNG MAN
RAISING ENOUGH MONEY TO
POTENTIALLY SAVE A POLICE
OFFICER'S LIFE.
MATT FLENER SPLITTING FROM
JOHNSON COUNTY.
MATT: 12 DOZEN POLICE JUDGE
COOKIES AND --
>> I WILL PICKING
COMPUTER OUT OF MY FINGERNAILS.
MATT RAISING MONEY FOR A
BULLETPROOF VEST.
[LAUGHTER]
MATT: FOR A POLICE OFFICER.
>> HE IS A PART OF MY FAMILY,
PART OF MY TEAM.
MATT: IAN MILLS IS GETTING THAT
NEW ARREST, NOT FOR HIMSELF, BUT
FOR HIS PARTNER.
>> I WAS IN SHOCK.
I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.
>> WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT
OFFICER MILLS AND AXE
EL THE
CANINE VEST.

A 7-year-old boy has raised enough money to buy something that could save a police officer’s life.
Grant Schroeder used his grandmother’s cookies at a recent bake sale to raise $1,200 for a bulletproof vest.
Grant, who live in Shawnee and says he wants to be a police officer when he grows up, admires those in law enforcement.
“For five years now, he’s wanted to be a policeman,” said Grant’s grandmother, Connie Pettigrew.
“They’re like real-life super heroes,” he said.
Olathe police officer Ian Mills is getting the new vest, which is stab-proof and bullet-proof.
It’s not for him. It’s for his K-9 partner, Axel.
“He’s a part of my family, a part of my team,” Mills said.
Mills said he was shocked to learn that a boy as young as Grant helped provide protection for Axel.
“I couldn’t believe it,” he said.
Grant raised the money for the nonprofit Going To The Dogs, which helps protect other police K-9 officers.

OLATHE, Kan. —

A 7-year-old boy has raised enough money to buy something that could save a police officer’s life.

Grant Schroeder used his grandmother’s cookies at a recent bake sale to raise $1,200 for a bulletproof vest.

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Grant, who live in Shawnee and says he wants to be a police officer when he grows up, admires those in law enforcement.

“For five years now, he’s wanted to be a policeman,” said Grant’s grandmother, Connie Pettigrew.

“They’re like real-life super heroes,” he said.

Olathe police officer Ian Mills is getting the new vest, which is stab-proof and bullet-proof.

It’s not for him. It’s for his K-9 partner, Axel.

“He’s a part of my family, a part of my team,” Mills said.

Mills said he was shocked to learn that a boy as young as Grant helped provide protection for Axel.

“I couldn’t believe it,” he said.

Grant raised the money for the nonprofit Going To The Dogs, which helps protect other police K-9 officers.